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Looting the Seas

Looting the Seas is a project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists looking at some of the forces rapidly depleting the oceans. Illegal fishing is a thriving global black market that fuels organized crime and the disappearance of the seas' most valuable species. The UN estimates that 85 percent of the world’s fish stocks are at the very limit of — or beyond — sustainable levels. The three parts in the series are: